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Philip J. King (March 26, 1925 – December 7, 2019) was an American Roman Catholic priest, historian, and archaeologist.

Life

King was born in Newton, Massachusetts. He graduated in 1945 from Saint John's Seminary in Boston. King was ordained to the priesthood on May 4, 1949 by Archbishop Richard Cushing of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston. He earned higher degrees: a Licentiate of Sacred Theology (STL) in 1954 from Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., a Licentiate of Sacred Scripture (SSL) in 1957 from Pontifical Biblical Institute, and a Doctor of Sacred Theology (STD) 1959 from Pontifical Lateran University in Rome. King also served in several parishes in the Boston Archdiocese. King died at the Regina Cleri Residence in Boston, Massachusetts.

He held a professorship in biblical studies in the Department of Theology at Boston College from 1974 until his retirement in 2001.

In 2006, the foundation created from the estate of Leon Levy established the Philip J. King Professorship at Harvard University, to support a scholar who will use an interdisciplinary approach to advance the understanding of ancient civilizations in the Near East and the Mediterranean.

Bibliography

• The Bible Is for Living: A Scholar's Spiritual Journey
• Amos, Hosea, Micah: An Archaeological Commentary
• Jeremiah: An Archaeological Companion
• With Lawrence Stager:
  • Life in Biblical Israel (in Library of Ancient Israel series)

Notes

1. King never held the chair named for him. The first professor to hold the chair is Peter Der Manuelian, an Egyptologist.

References

1. Who's who in Biblical Studies and Archaeology. Biblical Archaeology Society. 10 August 1993. ISBN 9781880317068. Retrieved 10 August 2017 – via Google Books.
2. In Memoriam: Fr. Philip J. King
3. Rev. Philip King March 26, 1925 - December 7, 2019
4. ^ "Philip J. King Professorship created to study ancient civilizations". Harvard Gazette. 9 November 2006. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
5. Tribune Archive-Rev. Philip King obituary
6. "Biblical Archaeology Review, "The Philip J. King Professorship"". Bib-arch.org. Retrieved 10 August 2017.

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